Interface Areas - Conversations

• Find Conversations. Filters the conversations within the My Conversations section as you enter your search criteria.
• Filter on new content only. Filters the list of conversations based on those having being recently updated. Whenever some unread content is available the filter icon becomes .
• Start a new conversation Starts a new conversation with up to 14 users.
  Note: If you access 3DSwym for the first time, a welcome message is displayed.

  On mobile devices, a Start conversation command below the welcome message allows you to engage a conversation with others.

  Select the Thanks I got it check-box to hide the message.
  For more information, see Starting a New Conversation
• Favorite Conversations. Lets you manage your favorite conversations.
  Notes:

  • This section is displayed once you have added at least one conversation as a favorite, or if you already are member of at least 15 conversations.
  • Favorite conversations are managed similarly to favorite communities.

    For more information, see Managing Your Favorite Communities.

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• My Conversations. Displays the list of your active conversations.

  Click a conversation in the list to display its details.

  Note: Newer and more active conversations are displayed at the top of the list. For example, adding a new message or content, commenting or adding and removing members will move a conversation to the top.
• Suggested Conversations. Displays a list of up to 15 people with whom you have not started a conversation yet.

  Click any in the list to start a new conversation. The conversation is added to the My Conversations section above.

  Note: If you already have 16 or more conversations in the My Conversations section, the Suggested Conversations section is not displayed.

New content is created at the bottom of the section. Click Scroll back to bottom on the upper-right of the section to navigate to the latest content.

• Contents and Timeline filters:
  • Filter on Posts. Filters your content by posts.
  • Filter on Media. Filters your content by media.
  • Filter on WeDos. Filters your content by WeDos.

• Audio and video conferencing tools
  • Start an audio call. Starts an audio call with the members of the conversation. They receive an incoming call alert message that they can answer or decline.

    During the audio call, either you or any member can click:

    • Maximize to maximize the audio call window.
    • Mute microphone or Unmute.
    • Hide camera to stop broadcasting the video streaming.
    • Show Camera to restart the streaming.
    • Hang up to end the audio call.

  • Start a video call. Starts a video call with the members of the conversation. They receive an incoming video call alert message that they can answer or decline. During the video call, either you or any member can click:
    • Maximize to maximize the video call window.
    • Mute microphone or Unmute.
    • Hide camera to stop broadcasting the video streaming.
    • Show Camera to restart the video streaming.
    • Hang up to end the video call.

• Conversation Features
  • Set a Topic. Lets you edit the current conversation topic.
    Note: You can also use an existng conversation to start a new topic based on an existing topic with the same set of users.

    If you want to revert a conversation topic to the one created by default when you first created it, select the conversation in the left pane, and in the Conversation Topic dialog box, click Reset Topic.

  • Transform into Community. If your platform administrator allows you to create a communiy without having to make a formal request, it transforms the conversation into a private community.
  • Subscribe to New Content. Sends you a notification when new content is added to the selected conversation.

    To stop receiving notifications, select Unsubscribe to New Content.

  • My Contributions. For more information, see Managing My Contributions.
  • WeDos. For more information, see Managing WeDos.
  • Settings. Lets you select whether to keep or remove the current conversation, if it remains inactive. You can change this option anytime.

    The following options are available:

    • Automatic removal enabled. Removes the conversation after a 90 days inactivity period.

      By default, this check box is selected.

    • Automatic removal disabled. Keeps the conversation with no time limit, regardless of whether there was any activity or not.
• Members. Displays the list of members of the selected conversation. Click to access the member's list, and add new members.
• Timeline or Contents. Displays the opposite view of the one selected on the upper-right corner of the Contents and Timeline section.